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Page 6 College Station, Texas Tuesday, September 1, 1970 THE BATTALION uesday Five nationally ranked teams on Aggie schedule Continued from page 2 place kicking for the Frogs and either sophomore Royce Huffman or Guy Bob Buschman will punt. BAYLOR The Baylor University Bears under Coach Bill Beall, who be gins his second season at the helm of the Bears, can go nowhere but up this season. That is unless they go winless on their 11-game schedule. The Bears were winless last year and their biggest prob lems this go round seems to be depth and speed. The Bears’ strong suit is de fense, where they return six start ers. That list includes end Dennis Watson and tackles Glen Chme- lar and Gary Sutton. Linebackers David Jones and Tommy Barn- brick head the Bears corps of linebackers and Trent Phipps, Don Aylor and Mike Wilder, up from the freshman squad, add defen sive depth. The Bears’ big plus last season was punting, with Ed Marsh lead ing the nation with a 45.6 aver age. Marsh could see action else where this fall for the Bears. Senior Laney Cook is due to be the number one quarterback for the Bears, although Si South- all is expected to pressure him after recovering from a knee surgery. Baylor’s offensive line returns only one starter, guard Gilbert Beall, but the Bears have some beefy prospects in Joe Allbright (231), Ron Evans (239), and Jess Young (250). Randy Cooper is the only sea soned running back the Bears have returning. Cooper led the BU rushers with 364 yards last year. Derek Davis, a flanker last year, has been moved to tailback, but the Bears are hoping one of their sophomores can come through so they can move Davis back to his old position. Matthew Williams and Bill Cornelius are listed as top sopho more runners. 1970 should be a better year for the Bears as Coach Bill Beall looks for his first win. ARKANSAS In 1969 had the University of Texas at Austin Longhorns not come up with a last half rally to defeat the Razorbacks and win the Southwest Conference Cham pionship, the University of Ar kansas would have been number one. They were that close. The Razorbacks return 30 let- terman from that group and, judg ing from the quality of upper classman they have back, you might look for the same in 1970. Thirteen of those returnees have earned two numerals and the Hogs return six offensive and seven defensive starters. Quarterback Bill Montgomery and his favorite target, split end Chuck Dicus, are back, and also his other two top receivers, flank er John Rees and tight end Pat Morrison. Dicus, from Garland, already holds UA receiving records in three categories, with still a full season to ad to them. Montgom ery holds two Arkansas passing records and is rated by many as an All-American candidate. Bill Burnett, the Hogs able tail back, also appears in the Arkan sas record book and anything he does this year will simply add to it. Burnett, Dicus and defensive tackle Rick Kersey are All-Con ference returnees for the Razor- backs, who lost four All-Confer ence performers to graduation, including Rodney Brand, a center who made several All-America teams. IHHHI SjL BAPTIST STUDENT UNION (Student Center One Block North of Post Office) Phone 846-6411 Bob Burch, Director Daily Noon Bible Studies - Free Sandwiches, chips, tea Tuesday, 6:30 - Leadership Training Wednesday Noon - Spiritual Boot Camp - FREE Homecooked meal Thursday, 6:30 - Perspective Friday, 5:30 p. m. - Missions The Arkansas defense is filled with top returnees and they have three veteran linebackers to prove it. Only one, however, was a starter, senior Mike Boschetti. But the other two, Guy Parker and Ronnie Jones, both have much experience. This year finds the Razorbacks highly rated again, but as last year, they are having to take a back seat to the people in Aus tin. Barring a foul-up along the way, the Hogs will be out to turn the tables when they meet the Longhorns the first week in De cember. And they just might do it. (Quarterback Lex James SMU Livingston and others and now there’s Chuck Hixson. In two years at SMU, Hixson has completed more passes for more yards than anybody in col lege history. But even with their outstand ing passing game, the Mustangs could win only three games last season. They are now in the process of building a running game, with outstanding junior Gordon Gil der and Gary Hammond the mainstays. Hammond played last year as wide receiver, but the Mustangs have bigger plans for this elusive runner. When the name of the South ern Methodist University Mus tangs is mentioned, the first thing you think about is pass. There was Don Meredith, Mike Top receiver Ken Fleming and Bull Jackson return to give Hix son a couple of veterans. Randy Dossett is currently the number one flanker and Ray mond Mapps the starting split end. The Mustangs feel they have a sophomore prize in right guard John Meyer, 6-3 and 250. Meyer is listed as the starting right guard and is destined for great things from the viewpoint of his coach, Hayden Fry. When Chuck Hixso n was a sophomore the Mustangs built a running game around fullback Mike Richardson, now with the Houston Oilers, and used Hix son’s passes to Jerry Levias to stir them to a Bluebonnet Bowl berth and an eventual win over the University of Oklahoma. In 1970 Hixson won’t have a Jerry Levias or a Mike Richard son on hand, unless they find a surprise package around. And if they do, watch out. running back. At that position, Vincent was impressive in spring practice. Junior Philip Wood moved to the number one quarterback spot. The Owls offensive line is sea soned, but they too had some shuffle changes. That line has a lot of beef, as the interior, ex cluding the split end, averages 230 pounds. The Owl defense is a strong point and the anchor man is All- American defensive end candi date Roger Rotisch. The Owls return a seasoned veteran at ev ery position in the defense. Bucky Allshouse, the Owls’ rover man, is a top punter and his 38.3 yard average on 83 punts last year is a good reason why. Mark Williams is expected to step in for the Owls as a place- kicker, where Tim Davis per formed admirably the past two years. Davis booted successfully on 41 of 43 PAT’s during his jun ior and senior years. Williams is rated a better kicker from the field goal range. The Owls top pass receiver is junior Bob Brown, who used his first year as a letterman to snag 25 catches for three touchdowns. Mike Phillips will be the tight end and he is being hailed as one of the best at the Houston school in recent years. Bo Hagan is one of a trio of Rice coaches who have brought a sports revival at the school. Bas ketball mentor Don Knodel and baseball leader Doug Osborn have helped make the Owls feared in the SWC. This will be the first year of a fully recruited Hagan team. It just might be a winner, the Owls first in six years. UT-AUSTIN Welcome Aggies IN BRYAN SEE esfarii % Corbusier Chevrolet THE COMPLETE DEALER RICE NEW CARS Corbusier the number DAY 823-0061 team NIGHT 822-6217 "Putting you first keeps us first" 24 Hour Wrecker Service — Bryan’s Finest Body and Mechanical Shop Serving Aggies over 28 Years — Charter Member: The Aggie Club — 12th Man Scholarship Fund The team to watch in the Southwest Conference this fall just might be the Rice Univer sity Owls. The 1969 Owls won only three of 10 games, but the ’70 bunch will be an experienced crew as 38 letterman return to greet Coach Bo Hagan. Thirty-four of those are listed in the Owls’ depth chart as first or second team. Hagan, determined to bring the Owls’ offense up from a dis appointing year, has made nu merous changes, the most notice able of which is the moving of number one quarterback Stable Vincent of the 1969 squad to a The University of Texas at Austin Longhorns, riding a 20- game winning streak, have the bosses again to continue, but they must solve a few question marks, the first of which is re placing All-Southwest Conference quarterback James Street. Street started his first game 20 games ago and the Longhorns haven’t lost since. Junior Eddie Phillips is fini in line to inherit Street’s spot and the signal caller from quite is rated by Darrell Royil as good an executioner as Street All he needs is to win, Royal sail The Longhorns showed a defij ite strength in running the ball last year when they piled op 3,630 net yards in 10 regulu season games. Fullback Steve Worster ani left halfback Jim Bertelston, Hi Horns’ leading rushers, both re. turn, but Texas must rebuild part of the offensive line that per formed dramatically in openinp the holes for the UT-Anstin backs. Gone are All-American tackli Bob McKay and center Forres Wiegand. Top offensive line «• turnees include tackle Bobbj Wuensch and guards Mike Dear and Bobby Mitchell. Defense will be where tie Longhorns will have to plug tie most holes, with tackles Lee Brooks and Greg Ploetz, lineback ers Glen Halsell and Mike Camp bell and defensive backs Freddie Steinmark and Tom Campbell:! gone. Texas does, however, retail four stalwart defensive playen in tackle Bobby Wuensch ani end Bill Atessis and linebacken Scott Henderson and Bill Zapalat Top newcomers will provide some defensive help, as Ray Do* dy, a junior college transfer frea Tyler Junior College, and sopbo mores Alan Lowery, Mike Bayler or Julius Whittier are rated a prospective starters. The receiving end of the Loot horn passing attack will be a stable as last year with A! American Cotton Speyer back It display his acrobatics this fall Speyer grabbed 30 passes last year, more than twice the nun ber caught by any other Lon| horn. Happy Feller, who got to his toe for 45 extra point at tempts last year, returns to tb UT-Austin kicking unit afte connecting on 43 of those PATs The Longhorns may not b able to repeat an unbeaten sea son, but they will be gold. Awfully good. The looking west ( season, standin five to next s< Coac team c second ings if Last J fourth champi Texas versity The be elig this ye lowed t ming. 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